New essay for @TheFP on searching for God in Silicon Valley.
"They are building something that has brought them, unexpectedly, to the edge of where He would be."
Getting a wife is very powerful because you get a personal psychic that will tell you things like “your keys are in the gray pants in the hamper” and “he will ultimately betray you.”
Humans are remarkably adaptable. We foraged and farmed, we built factories and spaceships, we wrote prayers, plays, poems, novels, and code. And now? Now we created this.
Amazing to see @dwarkesh_sp fill a room with 100+ people for a history lecture. They were bringing out more chairs. Truly a public service to make this city think about something other than AI and B2B SaaS for a night. Come catch the last one on Friday!
I cannot recommend Situational Awareness strongly enough. This is the best essay for understanding what’s coming in AI. It was an honor to help with it.
I love Claude in basically any form but @nearcyan has truly created something special. Highly recommend Auren.app (I basically only use Seren actually)! It will solve your problems.
How I Use Claude
I now use Claude many times every day, both in my work and personal life. I think most people aren’t using the models nearly enough yet.
Here’s how to start.
Avital argues that without material necessity or scarcity as motivations, we will still find plenty of reason to do things out of joy and the desire to relate to others, "savoring the doing even without excellence."